This is why I live here.
At the half way point, almost all downwind, we were 1/2 a mile ahead, but made a bad decision and don't have the sails to go to windward with the little race boats. I think we might have gotten a DFL. But we had great fun and looked good doing it.
The race committee took these photos.
https://picasaweb.google.com/papa0085/AroundStJohn2013?authkey=Gv1sRgCJq6mPnliJzvGA&feat=email#
Let me know if you ever need rail meat.
Opening day regatta on Lake Travis, that is me standing up!
Now that's a fun thought while my boat is buried under a few inches of snow... Southern climates, oh boy!
Pat, that looks like one of our maneuvers.
Most of our competition was what are called IC-24's.
Some local boatbuilders replace the deck of an old J24 with a new deck design that they built a mold for. It's more like a Melges Deck. There are something like 2 dozen of them in the US and British Virgins. They are very competative, racing 20 or 30 times a year. We don't have the money, time or energy to make Osprey (Luders Naval Academy Yawl) keep up with them, but we do win sometimes in the races for cruising boats. If any Beerleggers with any racing experience are here when we race (Thanksgiving, Valentines Day or Memorial Day, we'll look for a spot on the rail for you.
Pat-
Nice pic.
Was the caption for the pics following "Dagnabbit Sheets! ?
Cheers,
Derek
No, it was more like "Oh (expletive deleted)". We were sailing in 20-25 kt. winds, with gusts up to 30 kts. We were recovering from a little round-up from one of those gusts, and when the spinnaker filled again it went "BANG", like a gunshot, and the head of the spin separated from the rest of the kite. What was wild was the kite never hit the water and was completely dry when we got it back in the boat.
